Rebecca Norris Webb

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Rebecca Norris Webb

Rebeca Norris Webb, es una poetisa, artista y fotógrafa de Brooklyn con seis libros publicados en los que combina textos y fotos, que en otoño de 2019 lanzará su séptima publicación, con la editorial Aperture, y de la mano de Alex Webb (su marido, que le da el segundo apellido), con quien publica sus libros y con quien comparte la empresa Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb.

“La poeta que llevo dentro le encanta poder sentir en sus manos una serie de momentos intangibles”, afirma en referencia a sus fotografías.

Biografía de Rebecca Norris Webb

Rebecca Norris nació en 1956 en Rushville, Indiana.

En 1972, con 16 años, se mudó a las Black Hills, una cadena montañosa pequeña y aislada que se eleva desde las Grandes Llanuras de América del Norte en el oeste de Dakota del Sur y se extiende hasta Wyoming. Allí creció su amor por la naturaleza.

Viajó a Cuba maravillada por la cantidad de aves que había en la isla y lo populares que son.

“Me llamó la atención en un país cuyos habitantes no pueden volar».

Su proyecto si iba a llamar ‘Tres habitaciones’, porque conoció un cubano que vivía en una casa de tres habitaciones y dos eran para palomas y loros que vivían con él.

Estando ella trabajando en dicho proyecto, Alex Webb llegó a Cuba a trabajar en su propio proyecto ‘Esperando’.
“Esperando a que su muriera Fidel, o esperando a que las cosas cambiarán en Cuba”.

Iba a ser un proyecto con mucha fotografía callejera.
Allí se conocieron.

Sus trabajos tenían narrativas diferentes pero su editor vio que sus fotos tenían vínculos.

Así nació su primer proyecto conjunto. El primero de tantos…
Porque primero fueron amigos, luego colaboradores y finalmente pareja, sin dejar de ser todo lo anterior. Llevan casados más de 30 años.

El trabajo más destacado de Rebecca Norris Webb es la monografía, My Dakota, una elegía para su hermano que murió inesperadamente. Realizó una exposición individual de la obra en el Museo de Arte de Cleveland en 2015.

Actualmente reside en Brooklin.

Su trabajo ha aparecido en The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic y está en las colecciones del Museo de Bellas Artes de Boston, el Museo de Arte de Cleveland y el Museo George Eastman de Rochester, Nueva York y ha recibido una beca de la NEA.

Matrimonio Norris Webb

“Hay muy pocos fotógrafos que trabajen colaborando, casados o no, y que tengan visiones tan distintas y que se puedan fusionar”, afirma ella.

“Nuestras visiones son muy diferentes, el modo en el que vemos las cosas es distinto. Yo empecé en la fotografía después, me enfrenté a su gran reputación de él como uno de los mejores fotógrafos en color. Su trabajo ya formaba parte en mi mente de lo que yo considero fotografía así que desde el principio hice fotos que no fueran como las de Alex porque quería encontrar mi propio espacio fotográfico de las misma manera que él cuando empezó”.

Juntos, pero no revuetos

Rebecca y Alex siguen viajando con frecuencia al país en el que se conocieron. Van juntos como pareja y como fotógrafos «pero no tomamos fotos juntos el proceso de colaboración se limita a la edición. Desayunamos juntos y después cada uno se va por su lado. Si está en una calle donde hay otro fotógrafo trabajando se crea una dinámica distinta que si hay uno sólo y nunca tiene éxito si estamos los dos juntos. Era un error y nos dimos cuenta rápido había que separarse”, dice Rebecca.

Foto: Andrzej Bogacz

Fotografías de Rebecca Norris

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Gibara. 2008. Tern specimen by local naturalist, Joaqu’n de la Vara Pi, who also painted the sky mural of this natural history display in the natural history museum in Gibara that bares his name.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Playa. 2008. Green parrots in handmade cage.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Havana. 2000. Monkey.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Santa Clara. 2007. Cockatiel enclosure Ð complete with tree branch perch –at the Santa Clara Zoo.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Playa. 2008. Sleeping rabbit.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Havana. 2008. Cuatros Caminos Market.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Sancti Spiritus. 2008. Owl specimen in Sancti Spiritus small natural history museum with hand-painted mural.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Matanzas. 2008. Crocodile. This is one of the few remaining crocodiles in this small local zoo, which lost many of its animals due to food shortages during the Special Period in the early 1990Õs. Even though many residents of this small city also went hungry during this trying economic time in CubaÕs history, some locals managed to keep some of the animals alive by donating food to the zoo.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Boyeros. 2008. Horse mural in rodeo grounds outside of Havana.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Marianao. 2008. Breeding pair of doves.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Holgu’n. 2008. This is a bat specimen in Carlos de la Torre Natural History Museum, named after the regionÕs noted naturalist.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Havana. 2008. Piranhas at the National Aquarium.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Havana 2008. Baby parakeets held by breeder in Old Havana.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Playa. 2008. Peacocks.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Mor—n.2008. Goldfish. Goldfish in a handmade aquarium with painted aquatic mural.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Havana. 2008. Roosters exercising on rooftop in Old Havana.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Baracoa. 2008. Siamese cats are so rare and precious in Cuba, they are often kept on leashes to keep them from running away.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Sancti Spiritus. 2008. This retired engineer, who lives alone, breeds birds in his small home in Sancti Spiritus. ÒI live for my birds,Ó he once told me.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Caibarien. 2008. Caged birds.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA, Havana. 2003. Monkey. Havana Zoo.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Havana. 2008. This is a local artistÕs first specimen, which was a friendÕs pet iguana who had died.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Gibara. 2008. Agricultural oddities are commonly displayed in local natural history museums around Cuba, like this two-headed sheep at the Joaqu’n de la Vara Pi Natural History Museum in Gibara.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Holgu’n. 2008. Carlos de la Torre Natural History Museum, named after the regionÕs noted naturalist.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Sancti Spiritus. 2008. Caged birds.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. CamagŸey. 2008. Pet mice.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Marianao. 2007. Turkey.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Remedios. 2008. A dog performing for local residents, including those with disabilities.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Sancti Spiritus. 2008. Blue bird in bird cage in home of private breeder.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Havana. 2007. Fish mural.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Gibara. 2008. Coati (AKA coatamundi), a relative of the raccoon, is popularly hunted in Cuba They are also sometimes kept as pets. This specimen is in the Joaqu’n de la Vara Pi Natural History Museum on the northeastern coast of the island.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Havana. 2007. This is the tomb of Jeannette Ryder, founder of a Cuban organization for abandoned dogs and other animals, (called Bando de Piedad de Cuba in 1905), in HavanaÕs noted cemetery, Necropolis Crist—bal Col—n. When she died in the early 1930Õs, her faithful dog Rinti slept at the foot of her tomb, refusing to leave or to eat until he died in the same location. Inspired by the story, a local sculptor, Fernando Boada, created a special tomb for Rinti and his mistress.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Havana. 2008. An immature red-tailed hawk (irises are yellow until they deepen to reddish brown when mature), a species popularly used in falconry.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Havana. 2008. Pigeon wing. On this rooftop pigeon coop in Old Havana, a breeder is spreading open the wing of a pigeon he bred to have blue and green feathers.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Havana. 2007. Inside a pigeon coop in Old Havana.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography and the Poetic Image with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota. 2006. St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Francis.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Near Hermosa, South Dakota. 2010.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Near Spirit Lake, South Dakota. 2008. Fallen Apples.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography and the Poetic Image with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos USA. Edgemont, South Dakota. 2009. Three apples.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Havana. 2008. Roosters exercising on rooftop in Old Havana.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Havana. 2008. Pigeon wing. On this rooftop pigeon coop in Old Havana, a breeder is spreading open the wing of a pigeon he bred to have blue and green feathers.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Gibara. 2008. Tern specimen by local naturalist, Joaqu’n de la Vara Pi, who also painted the sky mural of this natural history display in the natural history museum in Gibara that bares his name.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Missouri River, South Dakota. 2006. Stained Glass.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Near Red Shirt, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota. 2010. High Winds.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Gibara. 2008. Coati (AKA coatamundi), a relative of the raccoon, is popularly hunted in Cuba They are also sometimes kept as pets. This specimen is in the Joaqu’n de la Vara Pi Natural History Museum on the northeastern coast of the island.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Hot Springs, South Dakota. 2006.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA, Havana. 2003. Monkey. Havana Zoo.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Pierre, South Dakota. 2006. Cottonwoods.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) FRANCE. Paris. 2000. Giraffes.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography and the Poetic Image with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Near White Owl, South Dakota. 2009. Pronghorn.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography and the Poetic Image with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Hot Springs, South Dakota. 2009. Broken Swallows’ Nests.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography and the Poetic Image with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Near Gettysburg, South Dakota. 2006. Abandoned farm house .

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Sheep Mountain, South Dakota. 2010. Badlands.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Near Gray Goose, South Dakota. 2006. Blackbirds.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Memory City with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Rochester, New York. 2013. New mother Brienna.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Near Fairburn, South Dakota. 2011. Storm Light.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Faith, South Dakota. 2009. Ghost Mountain.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota. 2009. Rearview Mirror.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) CUBA. Havana. 2007. Inside a pigeon coop in Old Havana.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Memory City with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Rochester, New York. 2012. St. Monica’s Church, 19th Ward after the fire.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. 14621 Neighborhood, NY. 2012. Amanda and her flower girl dress.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2013. Genesee River

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2012. Maria Eastman portrait. Widowed working mother of George Eastman, Kodak founder.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Greece, NY. 2013. Wedding dress saved for Amanda.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2012. Susan B Anthony House. Sculpture by Adelaide Johnson.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2013. Downtown.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2013. Chinese RIT student Mingshan Downtown.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2012. State St.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Highland Park Conservatory, NY. 2013.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2013. Kodak Park

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2013. Peruvian RIT student Marcella in her dormitory.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Greece, NY. 2013. Wedding dress saved for Amanda.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2012. Day of Remembrance on Lake Ontario.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2013. Guinean Maimouna in traditional dress in the 7th Ward.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. South Wedge, NY. 2012. Red second hand prom dress.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2013. High Falls mural in the Upper Falls Neighborhood.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Memory City with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Rochester, New York. 2013. New mother Brienna.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2013. Erie Canal.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2013. Extinct Passenger Pigeon diorama at the Rochester Museum and Science Center.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Greece, NY. 2012. Sisters Tati & Arianaâ€™s Quinceanera dresses.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2013. Lyell-Otis Neighborhood

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Memory City with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Rochester, New York. 2013. Our Mother of Sorrows Church.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Greece, NY. 2013. Twins Marie and Megâ€™s favorite dresses.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. 14621 Neighborhood. 2012. Amandaâ€™s christening gown.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Memory City with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Rochester, NY. 2013. Main St.

: (Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb / distributed by Magnum Photos.) USA. Rochester, NY. 2012. St. Monicaâ€™s Church, 19th Ward. Dianeâ€™s first communion, 1947.

: (© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Memory City with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos) USA. Rochester, New York. 2012. Blue second hand prom dress.

Rebecca Norris Webb

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